{"id":104264,"date":"2026-05-20T13:50:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=104264"},"modified":"2026-05-20T14:16:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:46:05","slug":"kashmir-flycatcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kashmir-flycatcher\/","title":{"rendered":"Kashmir Flycatcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Kashmir Flycatcher Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rare Kashmir Flycatcher, a migratory bird species, has been recently spotted at the Chemmattamavayal wetlands in Kasaragod district, Kerala.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Kashmir Flycatcher<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>small passerine bird<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Scientific Name<\/strong>: Ficedula subrubra\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Kashmir Flycatcher <\/b><b>Distribution<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>endemic <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the <\/span><b>Indian Subcontinent.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It makes its home in the <\/span><b>northwest Himalayas. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>breeds in the Kashmir region.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>migratory bird<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, meaning it travels long distances.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It flies south to warmer places for the winter.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>winters largely in the high altitudes of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/nilgiri-hills\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nilgiris<\/a> in the Western Ghats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and in <\/span><b>Sri Lanka.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Kashmir Flycatcher <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><b> small bird, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">about 13 cm long.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>male <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has <\/span><b>a grey-brown back.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Its<\/span><b> throat, chest, and sides <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are a <\/span><b>bright orange-red.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This <\/span><b>orange-red color<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is often <\/span><b>outlined with a black border on its throat <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>chest<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Female birds and young birds <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(called first-winter birds) look a bit different. Their <\/span><b>upper parts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are a <\/span><b>slightly browner shade<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>red color <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on their undersides<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">might be a lighter pink, <\/span><b>not as bright as the males.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Kashmir Flycatcher <\/b><b>Conservation Status<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is classified as &#8216;<b>Vulnerable<\/b>&#8216; under the IUCN Red List.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/kerala\/rare-kashmir-flycatcher-spotted-at-chemmattamavayal-wetlands-in-kasaragod\/article70989903.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>TH<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kashmir Flycatcher is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae. 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